00:00Stop using 和 like and. You probably think 和 works just like and, but actually it doesn't.
00:07We learn the word 和 very early, and it's often translated as and because of that.
00:14Many Chinese learners use it the same way as and, but in Chinese, 和 is quite different.
00:21It's mainly used to connect nouns and pronouns. For example, 我喜欢喝茶和咖啡.
00:27Here, tea and coffee are nice, so 和 is correct. 我和他都喜欢喝茶.
00:34Here, 我和他 are pronouns, so 和 works. But here is something important to remember.
00:42In Chinese, 和 usually cannot connect verbs and verbs, adjectives and adjectives, and two sentences.
00:49So we usually don't say 她很高, 和很漂亮, because 高和漂亮 are adjectives.
00:56Instead, when describing two qualities, Chinese often use 又, 她又高, 又漂亮.
01:04And we also don't say 我在看书和喝茶, because 看书和喝茶 are two verbs.
01:11So more natural sentences would be 我在看书喝茶.
01:17When speaking, you can simply pause a little bit between the two actions.
01:22There are also other ways to say it. It depends what you want to emphasize.
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